Resources Bridge

Resources Bridge is a tool for sending and requesting files from Mac on iOS devices. Read and write your Mac’s files in a sync manner like they are on your iPhone.

⚠️ Currently this project is in early alfa stage and it’s a subject for improvements.

Requirements

• Swift 5.2
• iOS 11.0
• macOS 10.13

Install via SwiftPM

.package(url: "https://github.com/eugenebokhan/ResourcesBridge.git",
         .upToNextMinor(from: "0.0.4"))

How To Use

First of all you need to launch the Monitor app on your Mac. It is used to receive and send files from iOS devices and handle all local file management.

After the Monitor app is launched, you may call one of the following functions on iPhone or iPad:

• Init Bridge

  let bridge = try ResourcesBridge()

• Start session and try to connect to Monitor automatically

  bridge.tryToConnect()

• Abort connection and stop session

  bridge.abortConnection()

• Wait for connection synchronously

  try bridge.waitForConnection()

• Write resource on Mac

  bridge.writeResource(_ resource: Data,
                       at remotePath: String,
                       progressHandler: ((Double) -> Void)? = nil) throws

  • progressHandler: read / write functions are designed to be synchronous, but you may pass a progress handler that will report progress on other dispatch queue for debug purposes.
  • remotePath is an absolute path to the file on Mac.

• Read resource from Mac

  The logic is similar to the write func.

  bridge.readResource(at remotePath: String,
                      progressHandler: ((Double) -> Void)? = nil) throws -> Data

Info.plist configuration

In order for Resources Bridge to work when running on iOS 14, you will have to include two keys in your app’s Info.plist file. The keys are Privacy - Local Network Usage Description (NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription) and Bonjour services (NSBonjourServices). For the privacy key, include a human-readable description of what benefit the user gets by allowing your app to access devices on the local network. The Bonjour services key is an array of service types that your app will browse for. For Resources Bridge, he value of this key should be _ResourcesBridge._tcp.

If you do not configure the above keys properly, then Resources Bridge won’t work.

Dependencies

This project is based on Bonjour framework. You can use it for async communication and files transferring between 🍏 devices.

License

MIT